Standouts of this year's release calendar include Windows 10's next update milestone and Azure Stack's long-awaited launch.
- By Gladys Rama
- June 22, 2017
WEB EXCLUSIVE: From Microsoft mega-events like Build and Ignite to smaller one- and two-day training sessions, we've got your 2017 conference schedule covered.
- By Gladys Rama
- June 21, 2017
As Microsoft expands the reach of FastTrack quarter-by-quarter with little guidance on what's coming next, partners struggle to stay ahead of the program with higher-value services.
- By Barb Levisay
- June 12, 2017
Microsoft has taken some bold steps to democratize its mixed reality platform. Here's how some Microsoft partners are helping the company's efforts.
- By Gladys Rama
- June 05, 2017
As promising as it is, IoT has problems -- from security to reliability to management. And problems, of course, are good for Microsoft partners who can offer solutions.
- By Howard M. Cohen
- May 01, 2017
Will a revised Partner Seller Program with less access and fewer resources be worth the trouble of enrolling?
- By Scott Bekker
- April 24, 2017
In its second-annual listing, Redmond Channel Partner calls out the best and brightest technologies and programs for the Microsoft channel from the last year.
- By Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff
- April 12, 2017
With Microsoft’s monster acquisition closed, partners look ahead to the opportunities. Dynamics 365 and Learning are obvious highlights, but details from Redmond remain scarce.
- By Barb Levisay
- March 06, 2017
HP's three-in-one Elite x3 Windows phone targets the enterprise and the channel.
- By Paul Ferrill
- March 01, 2017
Big ideas from channel experts to help Microsoft partners succeed in 2017.
- By Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff
- January 31, 2017
The results are in for the first-ever Redmond Channel Partner magazine Reader's Choice awards.
- By Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff
- December 12, 2016
Microsoft's high-volume cloud infrastructure partners and its business applications partners have distinct identities. For the new Dynamics 365 effort to succeed, those two partner types will need to cooperate.
- By Barb Levisay
- December 05, 2016
WEB EXCLUSIVE: To help you get your 2016 travel calendar in order, we've compiled a list of upcoming events geared toward those who have a stake in Microsoft technologies. The list spans behemoth Microsoft-helmed conferences like the Worldwide Partner Conference and Build, as well as smaller, third-party-sponsored regional events.
- By Gladys Rama
- November 29, 2016
Nearly a year after the release of the Cloud PBX Skype for Business option to Office 365, both Microsoft partners and telecom providers are eyeing what they see as a potentially huge growing market.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- October 24, 2016
Coping with Microsoft's newly frantic pace of cloud product updates, partners are thrilled to at last be moving as fast as the competition, but the pressure is on to get better at advising customers.
- By Barb Levisay
- October 17, 2016
This year's award winner is Crestwood Associates, a small ERP partner that overcame an uncertain start, two recessions and an overall trend of channel consolidation to achieve multiple consecutive years of double-digit growth.
- By Gladys Rama
- October 10, 2016
We ask partners grappling with the realities of transitioning their businesses to the cloud: Is it worth it?
- By Barb Levisay
- September 26, 2016
By most measures, the public cloud market is a two-horse race between AWS and Microsoft. Partners are increasingly seeing the benefits of tying their fortunes to both cloud vendors, but doing so requires a good deal of training, planning and trust.
- By Gladys Rama
- September 19, 2016
Microsoft rewrote its whole playbook for taking a new client OS to market with the Windows 10 release. A year later, the company's financials and analyst reports reveal how well it's working out -- for Microsoft and the ecosystem.
- By Scott Bekker
- September 12, 2016
As partners scramble to find their place in the new cloud environment, the ISV category is expanding to include all different types of partners.
- By Barb Levisay
- August 08, 2016